QLT vs. SDR, SDRC, FCIT, HL, MNG, PCT, ATST, UKW, 3IN, and EMG
Should you be buying Quilter stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Quilter include Schroders (SDR), Schroders (SDRC), F&C Investment Trust (FCIT), Hargreaves Lansdown (HL), M&G (MNG), Polar Capital Technology Trust (PCT), Alliance Trust (ATST), Greencoat UK Wind (UKW), 3i Infrastructure (3IN), and Man Group (EMG). These companies are all part of the "asset management" industry.
Quilter (LON:QLT) and Schroders (LON:SDR) are both financial services companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, dividends, risk, valuation and media sentiment.
Schroders received 402 more outperform votes than Quilter when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 60.68% of users gave Quilter an outperform vote while only 60.25% of users gave Schroders an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Quilter had 3 more articles in the media than Schroders. MarketBeat recorded 3 mentions for Quilter and 0 mentions for Schroders. Quilter's average media sentiment score of 1.01 beat Schroders' score of 0.00 indicating that Quilter is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Quilter pays an annual dividend of GBX 5 per share and has a dividend yield of 4.2%. Schroders pays an annual dividend of GBX 22 per share and has a dividend yield of 5.6%. Quilter pays out 16,666.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders pays out 9,166.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future. Schroders is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and lower payout ratio.
Schroders has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Quilter. Schroders is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Quilter, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Quilter has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Schroders has a beta of 1.18, meaning that its stock price is 18% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Quilter presently has a consensus target price of GBX 93.33, suggesting a potential downside of 20.77%. Schroders has a consensus target price of GBX 432, suggesting a potential upside of 10.26%. Given Schroders' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Schroders is more favorable than Quilter.
Schroders has a net margin of 13.48% compared to Quilter's net margin of 0.91%. Schroders' return on equity of 9.00% beat Quilter's return on equity.
79.3% of Quilter shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 36.5% of Schroders shares are held by institutional investors. 4.7% of Quilter shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 43.1% of Schroders shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Summary
Schroders beats Quilter on 14 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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